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Uboa ‘Jouissance’ DD 2013

3rd January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Industrial, Jouissance, Noise, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Uboa

It took me some time to decide what to do about this record. I couldn’t review it straight away because

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Culted ‘Oblique To All Paths’ CD/LP/DD 2013

2nd January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Black Metal, CD, Culted, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, LP, Oblique To All Paths, Relapse Records, Review

There is a certain kind of album that comes along rarely. The kind of album that takes you on a

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus / Lazarus Blackstar – Split LP/DD 2014

1st January 20143rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2014, Alerta Antifascista, Black Shape Of Nexus, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, LP, Review, Ross McKendrick, Sludge

I’ve been a fan of Bradford’s bleakest, Lazarus Blackstar, ever since stumbling upon their debut album ‘Revelations’ many years back.

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rites ‘II’ DD 2013

30th December 20133rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2013, Calum Darroch, Digital, Doom, Heavy, II, Metal, Review, Rites, Self Released

Frequenters of this site will know that Ireland has been punching above its weight this year. While the Emerald Isle

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blackwitch Pudding ‘Taste The Pudding’ CD/LP/DD 2013

26th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Blackened Doom, Blackwitch Pudding, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Taste The Pudding

Thank God for Blackwitch Pudding. Somebody once told me you can tell a lot from a name. Naming your spawn

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mountain God ‘Experimentation On The Unwilling’ CS/DD 2013

23rd December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Caspian Yurisich, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimentation On The Unwilling, Heavy, Mountain God, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I love it when a band does something new within a template “innovating” shouldn’t necessarily mean adding a bunch of

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Lizzard Wizzard – S/T – DD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Lizzard Wizzard, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I like this. I liked this the second it came on and the first tunes hit my ears. For most

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mantar – S/T – 7″ 2013

19th December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, 7", Doom, Heavy, Mantar, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Mantar. There’s a name that conjures up images, mostly unwholesome if I’m honest. Sounds like a mythical beast, or possibly

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Elder ‘Live At Roadburn 2013’ CD/LP/DD 2014

18th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Elder, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2013, LP, Pete Green, Review

What can you say about Elder that hasn’t been said already? The astonishingly astute, yet frighteningly youthful Massachusetts three-piece have

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Seven Hundredth Unicorn ‘Death Of Glory In The Serpent’s Eye’ Digital EP 2013

16th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Death Of Glory In The Serpent's Eye, Digital EP, Heavy, Pete Green, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Seven Hundredth Unicorn, Sludge

It’s a great feeling standing in a tiny pub on a cold November night with a small but dedicated bunch

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Crypt Lurker ‘Baneful Magic, Death Worship And Necromancy Rites Archaic’ LP/DD 2013

13th December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Baneful Magic Death Worship And Necromancy Rites Archaic, Caspian Yurisich, Crypt Lurker, Death Doom, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Self Released, Ulthar Records

This is pretty cool. Lately I seem to be stumbling upon nothing but generic stoner band after generic stoner band,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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